[OSM-talk] The future of bugs in OSM

[SteveC]

On 2 Jul 2009, at 11:19, Frederik Ramm wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Richard Fairhurst wrote:
>> Frederik Ramm wrote:
>>> That's the point I was trying to make - do not hog all the bugs in
>>> one central place and allow users to do only what you have coded;
>>> instead open this up so that anybody can hook their app into the
>>> user interface to offer functionality.
>>
>> I'd kind of taken that as read - if you're going to have a REST API  
>> for it,
>> then of course there's going to be read as well as write  
>> operations. Just as
>> with the rest of OSM.
>
> If Steve's intention is to set up something without any user  
> interface,
> just a clearinghouse for machines to dump their data and other  
> machines
> to access them, then you are right.
>
> If the plan is to create something that actually interfaces with  
> humans
> who want to check their area for bugs, then what you would need is
> something where an application can not only upload the bug to the
> clearinghouse but also say something like: "And please if someone  
> views
> that bug, offer them the following link that leads back to my
> application so the user can use my cool functionality which I have
> implemented in MUMPS for assisted bug fixing", or even "click that  
> link
> to be directed to the application which created this bug to read more
> about it."

That could just be a tag that we agree on?

application=mumps
url=mumps.blah.com/bug/3737347373

or something?

Best

Steve